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Galls and Galling Arthropods of Southern Brazil

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A review of the work on galls from southern Brazil is presented, including historical and contemporary sources. A database of gallers and host plants from Rio Grande do Sul (RS) state arising from an up to date inventory is presented. Galls from RS are discussed in terms of inducer taxa found, host plant taxa galled in the region and gall morphological aspects. Diversity patterns in space across environments are evaluated. Research gaps regarding issues such as environments and geographical areas are proposed.

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  1. Ecologia de Interações, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Milton de Souza Mendonça Jr. & Tiago Shizen Pacheco Toma

  2. Laboratório de Ecologia de Interações, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Juliana Schmidt da Silva

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de Souza Mendonça, M., Toma, T.S.P., da Silva, J.S. (2014). Galls and Galling Arthropods of Southern Brazil. In: Fernandes, G., Santos, J. (eds) Neotropical Insect Galls. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8783-3_14

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